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For instance, while we welcome Quebec's recent decision to strike a provincial Commission of Inquiry on the Protection of the Confidentiality of Journalistic Sources, the many reports of police surveillance of journalists in Quebec that gave rise to the Commission are a reminder that Canada still faces substantial challenges in its efforts to protect a free and independent press.»

The allegations outlined by lawyer Marie Cossette, who is the independent counsel presenting the case to the CJC, also make reference to police surveillance of a video store in Val D'Or, owned by a former client of Girouard.

These cases have exposed and challenged critical legal and evidentiary practices, including undercover police surveillance of civil rights organizations, the exclusion of prospective jurors based on previous political activities, the use of post-arrest psychiatric examinations by prosecutors when seeking the death penalty, and the exclusion of evidence of third party guilt by courts in capital cases.

, the many reports of police surveillance of journalists in Quebec that gave rise to the Commission are a reminder that Canada still faces substantial challenges in its efforts to protect a free and independent press.

The statement comes as police are under scrutiny for other alleged abuses of power — police surveillance of Muslim New Yorkers, unwarranted marijuana arrests, and the pepper spraying of Wall Street demonstrators last weekend.

«New Yorkers brush aside the gripes about police surveillance of the Muslim community,» said Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.

The news will be enthusiastically greeted by protesters who have long complained of intrusive police surveillance of demonstrators and the over-use of «kettling», where activists are contained in a certain area for an indefinite period of time.

CNN: Lawyers seek to limit New York police surveillance of Muslims Civil rights lawyers filed papers in federal court Monday seeking to prohibit the New York Police Department's surveillance of Muslim communities when there is no evidence that they are linked to terrorism or other illegal activities.

Not exact matches

In between all the stories about drug use, police surveillance, and city councillors getting tackled by the mayor, there have been a few reports of otherwise innocent businesses getting swept up in the Ford scandal.

«It's not a silver bullet to fix police brutality — video of one event doesn't change something,» says Todd Morris, CEO and founder of BrickHouse Security, which sells body cameras, GPS trackers, and surveillance gear to police.

Bouhlel, a father of three, was known to the police for non-terrorism-related infractions and was not under police surveillance.

Wilfred Martinez was charged with the theft after police said he was caught on surveillance video from inside J Birnbach Inc, a jewelry maker located in the heart of New York's diamond district.

Kelly as commissioner defended a police operation, exposed by The Associated Press, that conducted secret surveillance of Muslims.

Just days after the Ford Motors debacle, it was revealed by Toronto police surveillance documents that Rob Ford may have been a consumer of Iceberg Vodka.

And Avigilon has something most competitors don't: National Bank Financial analyst Kris Thompson observed that whereas most competitors serve only specific customer segments (the most important of which include education, policing, retail, transportation, city surveillance and others), Avigilon's offerings address most conceivable applications, and it is also building software modules to address specific requirements.

The Rio police released surveillance footage of the gas station where the incident actually took place.

From surveillance drones used by police, to personal drones catching cheating wives, their popularity is spinning out of control (no pun intended).

New York (CNN)- New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Tuesday fired back at the president of Yale University and others who have suggested city police went too far in their surveillance of Muslims.

New York (CNN)- Civil rights lawyers filed papers in federal court Monday seeking to prohibit the New York Police Department's surveillance of Muslim communities when there is no evidence that they are linked to terrorism or other illegal activities.

The police department only released the footage after a resident sent surveillance footage of the shooting to The Sacramento Bee.

Finally, there is the injustice of an ever - expanding and necrophilic militarism as violent uses of power and force whereby nonegalitarian relationships are defended, whether internally through various forms of police and surveillance force, or externally through massive military and espionage forces.

The controversy stems from a series of news reports that raised questions about the nature of a Central Intelligence Agency partnership with the New York Police Department, pointing to the alleged surveillance of Muslims living in New York.

She refused but continued to live under the shadow of the world's most repressive and invasive surveillance police state.

The only footage of the game was recorded by a single police surveillance camera in the Anfield gantry.

Meanwhile, police are reportedly pouring over «hours» of surveillance tapes.

The whole idea of trying to police a set of sometimes logical and sometimes arbitrary laws through a combination of rule setting, surveillance, «keeping the peace», and punishment gives me the hives.

Felix Figueroa, 39, of the 2800 block of North Natoma Avenue, had been arrested for a traffic offense and placed into a cell when a surveillance camera inside the lockup filmed Figueroa as he bit one end of the mattress cover, then tore it open and removed the foam inside, police said.

On both of these criteria, the civil liberties issues around surveillance and the policing of protest score very high.

«The Force Headquarters will provide three Police Helicopters for surveillance and aerial patrol throughout the period of the election.

Such surveillance echoes the very worst of authoritarian regimes and thought police.

The New York Police Department has agreed not to conduct surveillance based on religion or ethnicity as part of a deal to settle claims it illegally spied on Muslims after the Sept. 11 attacks.

We are though, and heavy handed policing, alongside continual calls for more intrusive surveillance, are a symptom of our Islamoparanoia.

The cost of that was to make Egypt a police state, with repression and surveillance especially acute in the urban areas.

They were released in Katari village, along the Kaduna — Abuja expressway, following intense pressure and surveillance around the forest by a combined team of Intelligence Response Team, Police Mobile Force and personnel of the state Anti-Kidnapping Unit.

The only reason that the scam has survived all these years is because it is an undercover paid Government of Ghana agent doing the covert operations the police, security and intelligence agencies can not do under the law, particular surveillance without a warrant from a High Court — See Sections 29, 30 and 31 of the Security and Intelligence Agencies Act, 1992 (Act 526).

Wyatt has said they might give police better pictures of cars and drivers in the case of accidents than the city's regular network of surveillance cameras, often far from the crash and the windshield.

Later Tuesday, a manager of the club went into the building with police and discovered that someone had apparently tampered with the club's network of surveillance cameras, the source said.

NEW YORK (AP)-- Potential candidates for Mayor Michael Bloomberg's office are taking stands on the New York Police Department's surveillance of Muslim students, ranging from cautious support to a warning about curtailing civil liberties.

«The surveillance program of the past failed because it alienated our police from the very people we needed information from, and it violated people's rights,» de Blasio responded.

The New York Police Department on Friday released a transcript of phone calls reporting Saheed Vassell's behavior earlier this week, as well as a compilation of surveillance - camera footage tracking his movements before officers fired 10 shots at the man.

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This is not equivalent to the misuse of Ripa surveillance laws by local councils or police harassment of innocent photographers which affect much larger groups of people and were enthusiastically opposed by the Conservatives.

, and two screens bringing us action from hidden depths of the cuboid (WeiWei being accompanied to the toilet by two uniformed guards is both amusing and sickeningly intrusive) and from multiple angles — constant police state surveillance being the rather clunking symbol, but it works niftily as a reflection of installation art.

These could include providing more resources to the police and intelligence services, bringing lesser charges against terrorist suspects to enable them to be held in custody while the major investigation proceeds, and the use of tagging, surveillance or control orders.

«Police helicopters will embark on guided missions and aerial surveillance of the entire area, most especially difficult terrains and will operate in synergy with other Police formations on the ground.

The security operatives comprise of Police Mobile Force (PMF specially trained Anti Riot Policemen), Counter Terrorism Units, Conventional Policemen, Special Anti Robbery Squad, SIB, detachment of EOD, Police K9 (Sniffer Dogs Section), Police Air wing (Aerial Surveillance Helicopters) and other undercover operatives.

According to the statement, «To achieve success of the operations, the Police Special Tactical Force will be proactive, work on actionable intelligence already at the disposal of the Nigeria Police Force, and carry out massive deployment, and twenty four (24) hours surveillance and patrol, continuous raids of identified and other suspected hideouts of the assailants, with a view to arrest promptly the attackers and their sponsors to prevent further loss of lives and nip in the bud the senseless killings and other criminalities in the general area.

The Paris attackers were equipped with assault rifles, suicide belts, and, of particular concern to New York City's top police official, phones that may have prevented surveillance from law enforcement officials.

Ripa governs the use of surveillance and intercept evidence used by a range of bodies like the security services, police and local authorities.